ABSTRACT
This book focuses on anthropological questions and methods, and is offered as a supplement to textbooks on the anthropology of religion. It is designed to help students collecting and interpreting their own fieldwork or archival data and relating their findings to the work of others.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|74 pages
Colonialism and Postcolonial Legacies
part Two|78 pages
Gender and Sexuality
part Three|90 pages
The Healing Touch and Altered States
chapter 10|15 pages
The Woman Who Wanted To Be Her Father
A Case Analysis of Dybbuk Possession in a Hasidic Community
part Four|76 pages
Religion and the State
chapter 13|22 pages
Pockets Full of Mistakes
The Personal Consequences of Religious Change in a Toraja Village
chapter 14|20 pages
Bandits, Beggars, and Ghosts
The Failure of State Control over Religious Interpretation in Taiwan
part Five|77 pages
Changes and Continuities
chapter 19|14 pages
On Founders and Followers
Some Factors in the Development of New Religious Movements
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